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dead poet Dec 2024
a good wife
she was a good wife:
beautiful, honest, kind, soft -
just like her silence.
#savehaiku #haikupoem #silence #pain #women #strength #loss #resilience #honesty #gentle
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dead poet Dec 2024
school bulletin
a quote of wisdom
makes it to school bulletin;
janitor reads it.
#savehaiku #wisdom #quote #schooldays #nostalgia #school #bulletin #futility #life #poetry
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dead poet Dec 2024
the conditioning
come every morning,
i open my eyes slowly,
like i was trained to.
#savehaiku #conditioning #morning #absorbing #awakening #stillness #poetry #mindfulness #process #poetrycommunity
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dead poet Dec 2024
the phone's rung twice now
the phone’s rung twice now;
i can hear it from the bath,
too naked to talk.
#savehaiku #silence #introspection #minimalism #naked #truth #phone #call #poetry
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dead poet Dec 2024
the family ant
a brick in the wall -
an ant crawls into a crack;
becomes family.
#savehaiku #haiku #poetry #spilledink #imagery #ant #home #family #poetrycommunity
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dead poet Dec 2024
a bad word
in lonely disdain,
a pulsating bitterness;
utters a bad word.
#savehaiku #poetry #bitterness #disdain #loneliness #envy
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